Noun
culture hero (plural culture heroes)
(idiomatic) A mythical character or real person who is renowned as the exemplar of the values or achievements of a society, group, or time period.
culture-hero (plural culture-heroes)
Alternative form of culture hero
culture-hero
Hero or god Heracles' role as a culture hero, whose death could be a subject of mythic telling (see below), was accepted into the Olympian Pantheon during Classical times. Source: Internet
Raggio, p. 48. In Georgian mythology, Amirani is a culture hero who challenged the chief god, and like Prometheus was chained on the Caucasian mountains where birds would eat his organs. Source: Internet
Fictional figures such as Sarutobi Sasuke would eventually make way into comics and television, where they have come to enjoy a culture hero status outside of their original mediums. Source: Internet